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    University of R\\
    Chair and Department\\
    Course Name\\ 
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{\huge\bfseries TITLE OF YOUR PAPER}\\[0.4cm] 
{\large\today}\\[0.4cm] 
FIRSTNAME LASTNAME % Add your name
	
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Your contact info \\ 
Your Program \\ 
Semester you are enrolled \\ 

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```{r, include = FALSE}
library(knitr)
library(tidyverse)
```

## Introduction

This section outlines your basic research idea. 
You will need to highlight in particular the following points:
- Relevance
- Analytical research question
- Provide a short overview of the paper's structure

## Theoretical Part: Theory and Hypotheses
I expect you to briefly sketch your theoretical argument and your argumentative structure as well as to generate **one hypthesis** that you will later analyze descriptively. I expect you to base your theory on existing research. You'll therefore need to cite related literature [@hultman2014beyond]. 

## Research Design

In this section, you will need to provide more in-depth information on your research design. This means I require you to 
- discuss your sample and time span/case selection
- discuss your operationalization of your variables

## Results

This section is dedicated to testing your hypothesis with descriptive statistics (e.g. with data visualization). You will need to create a plot that is adequate to test your hypothesis. This plot will then be discussed and interpreted.
```{r, include = FALSE}
# You can include your entire code here and hide it (so that it does not appear in your term paper) 
```

## Conclusion

This section summarizes your results (with a critical discussion) and answers your research question. 

\pagebreak
